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Former Congo PM faces arrest warrant in graft case, sources say
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo have issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Matata...
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S.Africa says mine deaths rose 33% in the first half 2021
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's mines recorded 32 deaths in the first half of 2021 compared with 24 during the...
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France welcomes New Caledonia’s new president before territory’s final independence vote
PARIS (Reuters) - France's overseas territories minister on Thursday welcomed news that New Caledonia had elected Louis Mapou as its...
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Exclusive-Peru’s Castillo plans technocrat-heavy cabinet, moderate in economy role -sources
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Socialist Pedro Castillo, expected to be confirmed as Peru's next president, is drawing up...
Read moreUN rights expert calls for sanctions on Myanmar’s oil and gas sector
GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights investigator called on states on Wednesday to impose economic sanctions on Myanmar's...
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Myanmar rights violations under scrutiny from new task force
(Reuters) - A new task force was launched on Monday to investigate evidence of human rights violations in Myanmar more...
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Peru’s indigenous hope for a voice, at last, under new president
By Stefanie Eschenbacher and Angela Ponce CARATA, Peru (Reuters) - Maxima Ccalla, 60, an indigenous Quechua woman, has spent her...
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Peru’s government rejects Fujimori call for international audit for June 6 poll
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's government on Friday evening rejected a request by presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori to...
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S.African ex-leader Zuma asks court to cancel 15-month jail sentence
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ex-leader Jacob Zuma on Friday asked the country's top court to annul...
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Malaysian news portal ordered to pay damages to Australian miner in defamation case
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's highest court on Friday ordered news portal Malaysiakini to pay 550,000 ringgit ($132,179.76) in damages...
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Colombia’s Duque looks to get tough on vandalism, critics decry attack on protests
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's President Ivan Duque will present a new law before the country's Congress to increase prison sentences...
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Bill curtailing indigenous land rights advances in Brazil’s Congress
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - A bill allowing commercial agriculture and mining on protected tribal reservations in Brazil advanced...
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Malaysian palm giant IOI faces labour abuse allegations in new report
By Mei Mei Chu KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Workers at Malaysian palm oil company IOI Corp are mistreated by managers, face...
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Peru’s Fujimori loses allies as bid to flip election result falters
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, who has been battling to overturn the initial...
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Jailed Belarusian presidential contender tells court he is innocent
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Belarusian presidential contender Viktor Babariko told a court on Monday he was innocent of what his...
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Peru’s Castillo signals central bank stability if election win confirmed
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's socialist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo said on Saturday he wanted to keep on...
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Helicopter carrying Colombia’s President Duque struck by bullets in attack
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A helicopter carrying Colombia's President Ivan Duque and others was struck by multiple bullets in an attack...
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